FLORISSANT, MO – A man got more than he expected on a routine fishing trip!

FLORISSANT, MO – A man got more than he expected on a routine fishing trip!

When Greg Bernal went out fishing on Tuesday morning, catching a Missouri state record blue catfish probably wasn’t his goal. At the end of his fishing trip on Tuesday, not only did Bernal set a Missouri state record, but he also set a new world record. That is a pretty good day with the rod.

Bernal ended up pulling in a 130-pound monster from the Missouri River.

“That rod just started screaming,” Bernal told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I knew he was big. It raced out. I set the hook and there was no movement at all. I just kept the pressure on him and finally I could feel him thumping.”

The Florissant resident was out fishing with his girlfriend. He caught the blue catfish using a chunk of an Asian carp, which jumped into the boat, for bait. He fought his prized catch for 15 minutes and spend another 30 minutes – with help from his girlfriend, Janet Momphard – pulling it into their johnboat.